[Boatanchors] Upgrade question

[Jim Brannigan]

I was down there about 1965.  My Father worked in Rockefeller Center and put 
me on the down town train.
After the exam I couldn't figure out how to get uptown on the train,(Long 
Island kid) so I walked up to the RCA building to meet my Dad........

Jim

>I took my General in NYC, W 4th St if I remember; that was in 1956. Dont 
>remember if I took the BMT or IRT from Queens after transferring from the 
>Jamaica line.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Brannigan" <jbrannig at optonline.net>
> To: <kt4ae at bellsouth.net>; "Boatanchors list" 
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 2:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Upgrade question
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>>
>> As a holder of a "real FCC" Advanced license, it is time to bite the 
>> bullet and take the "mail in the box top" Extra Exam......
>> BTW in NYC we had to push the subway downtown, then walk uphill to the 
>> FCC office on Washington St.
>> Above General class, it was required to repel off the top of the building 
>> and smash through the windows for the CW exam.....
>> Then the hard part started......
>> Jim
>>> Actually, I wanted to add "over broken glass", but the sentence was too 
>>> long as it was.
>>>
>>> Harry, KT4AE
>>>
>>> Glen Zook wrote:
>>>> You forgot "uphill both ways"!
>>>>
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